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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1529 

To amend title 10, United States Code, and the Ike Skelton National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to provide for implementation 

of additional recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual 

Assault in the Military Services. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 13, 2011 

Ms. TSONGAS (for herself, Mr. TURNER, Mr. HOLT, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. 

DONNELLY of Indiana, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. MILLER of 

Florida, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Ms. PINGREE of 

Maine) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, and the Ike Skelton 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 

to provide for implementation of additional recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in 

the Military Services. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Defense Sexual Trauma Response Oversight and Good 

4 Governance Act’’ (the ‘‘Defense STRONG Act’’). 

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Director of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. 

Sec. 3. Sexual Assault Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim Advocates. 

Sec. 4. Sexual assault victims access to legal counsel and services of Sexual Assault Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim Advocates. 

Sec. 5. Confidentiality of communications between sexual assault victims and 

Sexual Assault Response Coordinators, Victim Advocates, and 

certain other persons. 

Sec. 6. Retention of records prepared in connection with sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces or dependents of members. 

Sec. 7. Expedited consideration and priority for application for consideration of 

a permanent change of station or unit transfer based on humanitarian conditions for victim of sexual assault. 

Sec. 8. Training and education programs for sexual assault prevention and response program. 

7 SEC. 2. DIRECTOR OF SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND 

8 RESPONSE OFFICE. 

9 Section 1611(a) of the Ike Skelton National Defense 

10 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111– 

11 383; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by adding before 

12 the period at the end of the first sentence the following: 

13 ‘‘, who shall be appointed from among general or flag offi14 cers of the Armed Forces or employees of the Department 

15 of Defense in a comparable Senior Executive Service posi16 tion’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATORS AND 

2 SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATES. 

3 (a) ASSIGNMENT AND TRAINING.—Chapter 80 of 

4 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 1568. Sexual assault prevention and response: Sex7 ual Assault Response Coordinators and 

8 Victim Advocates 

9 ‘‘(a) ASSIGNMENT OF COORDINATORS.—(1) At least 

10 one full-time Sexual Assault Response Coordinator shall 

11 be assigned to each brigade or equivalent unit level of the 

12 armed forces. The Secretary of the military department 

13 concerned may assign additional Sexual Assault Response 

14 Coordinators as necessary based on the demographics or 

15 needs of the unit. An additional Sexual Assault Response 

16 Coordinator may serve on a full-time or part-time basis 

17 at the discretion of the Secretary. 

18 ‘‘(2) Effective October 1, 2013, only members of the 

19 armed forces and civilian employees of the Department of 

20 Defense may be assigned to duty as a Sexual Assault Re21 sponse Coordinator. 

22 ‘‘(b) ASSIGNMENT OF VICTIM ADVOCATES.—(1) At 

23 least one full-time Sexual Assault Victim Advocate shall 

24 be assigned to each brigade or equivalent unit level of the 

25 armed forces. The Secretary of the military department 

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1 essary based on the demographics or needs of the unit. 

2 An additional Victim Advocate may serve on a full-time 

3 or part-time basis at the discretion of the Secretary. 

4 ‘‘(2) Effective October 1, 2013, only members of the 

5 armed forces and civilian employees of the Department of 

6 Defense may be assigned to duty as a Victim Advocate. 

7 ‘‘(c) TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.—(1) As part of 

8 the sexual assault prevention and response program, the 

9 Secretary of Defense shall establish a professional and 

10 uniform training and certification program for Sexual As11 sault Response Coordinators assigned under subsection 

12 (a) and Sexual Assault Victim Advocates assigned under 

13 subsection (b). The program shall be structured and ad14 ministered in a manner similar to the professional training 

15 available for Equal Opportunity Advisors through the De16 fense Equal Opportunity Management Institute. 

17 ‘‘(2) In developing the curriculum and other compo18 nents of the program, the Secretary of Defense shall work 

19 with experts outside of the Department of Defense who 

20 are experts in victim advocacy and sexual assault preven21 tion and response training. 

22 ‘‘(3) Effective October 1, 2013, before a member or 

23 civilian employee may be assigned to duty as a Sexual As24 sault Response Coordinator under subsection (a) or Victim 

25 Advocate under subsection (b), the member or employee 


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1 must have completed the training program required by 

2 paragraph (1) and obtained the certification. 

3 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) The term ‘armed forces’ means the Army, 

5 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. 

6 ‘‘(2) The term ‘sexual assault prevention and 

7 response program’ has the meaning given such term 

8 in section 1601(a) of the Ike Skelton National De9 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Pub10 lic Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note).’’. 

11 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

12 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

13 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1568. Sexual assault prevention and response: Sexual Assault Response Coordinators and Victim Advocates.’’. 

14 SEC. 4. SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS ACCESS TO LEGAL 

15 COUNSEL AND SERVICES OF SEXUAL AS16 SAULT RESPONSE COORDINATORS AND SEX17 UAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATES. 

18 (a) ACCESS.—Chapter 53 of title 10, United States 

19 Code, is amended by inserting after section 1044d the fol20 lowing new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1044e. Victims of sexual assault: access to legal as2 sistance and services of Sexual Assault 

3 Response Coordinators and Sexual As4 sault Victim Advocates 

5 ‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND VIC6 TIM ADVOCATE SERVICES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) MEMBERS.—A member of the armed 

8 forces or a dependent of a member of the armed 

9 forces who is the victim of a sexual assault is enti10 tled to— 

11 ‘‘(A) legal assistance provided by a mili12 tary legal assistance counsel certified as com13 petent to provide such duties pursuant to sec14 tion 827(b) of this title (article 27(b) of the 

15 Uniform Code of Military Justice); 

16 ‘‘(B) assistance provided by a qualified 

17 Sexual Assault Response Coordinator; and 

18 ‘‘(C) assistance provided by a qualified 

19 Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. 

20 ‘‘(2) DEPENDENTS.—To the extent practicable, 

21 the Secretary of a military department shall make 

22 the assistance described in paragraph (1) available 

23 to dependent of a member of the armed forces who 

24 is the victim of a sexual assault and resides on or 

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1 retary concerned shall define the term ‘vicinity’ for 

2 purposes of this paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(3) NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE; 

4 OPT OUT.—The member or dependent shall be in5 formed of the availability of assistance under this 

6 subsection as soon as the member or dependent 

7 seeks assistance from a Sexual Assault Response Co8 ordinator or any other responsible member of the 

9 armed forces or Department of Defense civilian em10 ployee. The victim shall also be informed that the 

11 legal assistance and services of a Sexual Assault Re12 sponse Coordinator and Sexual Assault Victim Advo13 cate are optional and these services may be declined, 

14 in whole or in part, at any time. 

15 ‘‘(4) NATURE OF REPORTING IMMATERIAL.—In 

16 the case of a member of the armed forces, access to 

17 legal assistance and the services of Sexual Assault 

18 Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim 

19 Advocates are available regardless of whether the 

20 member elects unrestricted or restricted (confiden21 tial) reporting of the sexual assault. 

22 ‘‘(b) RESTRICTED REPORTING OPTION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF RESTRICTED REPORT24 ING.—A member of the armed forces who is the vic25 tim of a sexual assault may confidentially disclose 


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1 the details of the assault to an individual specified 

2 in paragraph (2) and receive medical treatment, 

3 legal assistance, or counseling, without triggering an 

4 official investigation of the allegations. 

5 ‘‘(2) PERSONS COVERED BY RESTRICTED RE6 PORTING.—Individuals covered by paragraph (1) are 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) Military legal assistance counsel. 

9 ‘‘(B) Sexual Assault Response Coordi10 nator. 

11 ‘‘(C) Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. 

12 ‘‘(D) Personnel staffing the DOD Safe 

13 Helpline or successor operation. 

14 ‘‘(E) Healthcare personnel. 

15 ‘‘(F) Chaplain. 

16 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) The term ‘sexual assault’ includes any of 

18 the offenses covered by section 920 of this title (arti19 cle 120). 

20 ‘‘(2) The term ‘military legal assistance counsel’ 

21 means— 

22 ‘‘(A) a judge advocate (as defined in sec23 tion 801(13) of this title (article 1(13) of the 

24 Uniform Code of Military Justice)); or 


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1 ‘‘(B) a civilian attorney serving as a legal 

2 assistance officer under the provisions of sec3 tion 1044 of this title.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

5 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

6 after the item relating to section 1044d the following new 

7 item: 

‘‘1044e. Victims of sexual assault: access to legal assistance and services of Sexual Assault Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim 

Advocates.’’. 

8 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING PROVI9 SION OF LEGAL COUNSEL.—Section 1044(d)(3)(B) of 

10 such title is amended by striking ‘‘sections 1044a, 1044b, 

11 1044c, and 1044d’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1044a through 

12 1044e’’. 

13 SEC. 5. CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN 

14 SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS AND SEXUAL AS15 SAULT RESPONSE COORDINATORS, VICTIM 

16 ADVOCATES, AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS. 

17 (a) ACCESS.—Chapter 53 of title 10, United States 

18 Code, is amended by inserting after section 1034a the fol19 lowing new section: 

20 ‘‘§ 1034b. Privilege against disclosure of certain com21 munications for victims of sexual assault 

22 ‘‘(a) PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS.—Communica23 tions between a member of the armed forces or a depend24 ent of a member of the armed forces who is the victim 


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1 of a sexual assault and a person specified in subsection 

2 (b), and records of such communications created by or for 

3 the Department of Defense, are confidential and privi4 leged. 

5 ‘‘(b) COMMUNICATIONS COVERED BY PRIVILEGE.— 

6 The privilege granted by subsection (a) applies to commu7 nications between a member of the armed forces or a de8 pendent of a member of the armed forces who is the victim 

9 of a sexual assault and any of the following persons: 

10 ‘‘(1) Sexual Assault Response Coordinator. 

11 ‘‘(2) Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. 

12 ‘‘(3) Personnel staffing the DOD Safe Helpline 

13 or successor operation. 

14 ‘‘(4) Military legal assistance counsel. 

15 ‘‘(c) CONSENT EXCEPTION.—Without the consent of 

16 the member or dependent involved, any communication or 

17 record referred to in subsection (a) may not be— 

18 ‘‘(1) subject to discovery or admitted into evi19 dence in any judicial or administrative proceeding; 

20 or 

21 ‘‘(2) disclosed to any person or entity. 

22 ‘‘(d) RELATION TO OTHER PRIVILEGES AGAINST

23 DISCLOSURE.—The privilege granted by subsection (a) is 

24 in addition to any other privilege against disclosure that 


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1 may exist with regard to communications between a victim 

2 of a sexual assault and another person. 

3 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) The term ‘sexual assault’ includes any of 

5 the offenses covered by section 920 of this title (arti6 cle 120). 

7 ‘‘(2) The term ‘military legal assistance counsel’ 

8 means— 

9 ‘‘(A) a judge advocate (as defined in sec10 tion 801(13) of this title (article 1(13) of the 

11 Uniform Code of Military Justice)); or 

12 ‘‘(B) a civilian attorney serving as a legal 

13 assistance officer under the provisions of sec14 tion 1044 of this title.’’. 

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

16 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

17 after the item relating to section 1044d the following new 

18 item: 

‘‘1034b. Privilege against disclosure of certain communications for victims of 

sexual assault.’’. 

19 (c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 1034b of title 10, 

20 United States Code, as added by subsection (a), applies 

21 to communications described in such section whether made 

22 before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 6. RETENTION OF RECORDS PREPARED IN CONNEC2 TION WITH SEXUAL ASSAULTS INVOLVING 

3 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OR DE4 PENDENTS OF MEMBERS. 

5 (a) RETENTION AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF SEXUAL

6 ASSAULT RECORDS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 50 of title 10, 

8 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

9 end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘§ 993. Recordkeeping requirement: medical, inves11 tigative, and other records prepared in 

12 connection with sexual assaults 

13 ‘‘(a) PERMANENT RETENTION OF RECORDS.—The 

14 Secretary of Defense shall establish a system for tracking 

15 and maintaining for not less than 100 years the records 

16 described in subsection (b) that are prepared by personnel 

17 of the Department of Defense or obtained by the Depart18 ment in connection with a sexual assault involving a mem19 ber of the armed forces or a dependents of a member to 

20 ensure future access to the records. 

21 ‘‘(b) COVERED RECORDS.—The recordkeeping re22 quirement imposed by subsection (a) applies to the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(1) Department of Defense Form 2910, re25 garding the victim reporting preference statement, 

26 or any successor document. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Department of Defense Form 2911, re2 garding the forensic medical report prepared in the 

3 case of a sexual assault examination, or any suc4 cessor document. 

5 ‘‘(3) Medical records. 

6 ‘‘(4) Investigative records prepared in connec7 tion with a sexual assault. 

8 ‘‘(5) Such other information and reports as the 

9 Secretary of Defense considers appropriate. 

10 ‘‘(c) VICTIM ACCESS.—The Secretary of Defense 

11 shall ensure that the victim of the sexual assault for which 

12 the records described in subsection (b) are prepared has 

13 permanent access to the records. 

14 ‘‘(d) PROTECTION OF RESTRICTED REPORTING OP15 TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the 

16 recordkeeping system established pursuant to this section 

17 does not jeopardize the confidentiality of the restricted re18 porting option available under section 1044e(b) of this 

19 title to a victim of a sexual assault.’’. 

20 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec21 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

22 by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘993. Recordkeeping requirement: medical and investigative records prepared in 

connection with sexual assaults.’’. 

23 (b) TRANSMITTAL OF RECORDS TO DEPARTMENT OF

24 VETERANS AFFAIRS.—Subsection (c) of section 1142 of 


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1 title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(c) TRANSMITTAL OF CERTAIN RECORDS TO DE4 PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—(1) In the case of 

5 members described in paragraph (2), the Secretary con6 cerned shall transmit (subject to the consent of the mem7 ber) to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the following 

8 records: 

9 ‘‘(A) a copy of the service medical record of the 

10 member, including the results of any Physical Eval11 uation Board held with regard to the member. 

12 ‘‘(B) Any records maintained pursuant to sec13 tion 993(b) of this title pertaining to the member. 

14 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to the fol15 lowing members: 

16 ‘‘(A) A member being medically separated or 

17 retired under chapter 61 of this title. 

18 ‘‘(B) A member who was the victim of a sexual 

19 assault. 

20 ‘‘(3) The copy of the service medical record shall be 

21 transmitted within 60 days of the separation or retirement 

22 of the member.’’. 

23 (c) COPY OF RECORD OF COURT-MARTIAL TO VICTIM

24 OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Section 854 of title 10, United 

25 States Code (article 54 of the Uniform Code of Military 


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1 Justice), is amended by adding at the end the following 

2 new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(e) In the case of a general or special court-martial 

4 involving a sexual assault or other offense covered by sec5 tion 920 of this title (article 120), a copy of the prepared 

6 record of the proceedings of the court-martial shall be 

7 given to the victim of the offence if the victim testified 

8 during the proceedings. The record of the proceedings 

9 shall be provided without charge and as soon as the record 

10 is authenticated. The victim shall be notified of the oppor11 tunity to receive the record of the proceedings.’’. 

12 SEC. 7. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION AND PRIORITY FOR 

13 APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF A 

14 PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION OR UNIT 

15 TRANSFER BASED ON HUMANITARIAN CONDI16 TIONS FOR VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 39 of title 10, United 

18 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 672 the 

19 following new section: 

20 ‘‘§ 673. Consideration of application for permanent 

21 change of station or unit transfer for 

22 members on active duty who are the vic23 tim of a sexual assault 

24 ‘‘(a) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION AND PRIORITY

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1 Secretary concerned shall provide for the expedited consid2 eration and approval of an application for consideration 

3 of a permanent change of station or unit transfer sub4 mitted by a member of the armed forces serving on active 

5 duty who was a victim of a sexual assault or other offense 

6 covered by section 920 of this title (article 120) so as to 

7 reduce the possibility of retaliation against the member 

8 for reporting the sexual assault. 

9 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretaries of the military 

10 departments shall issue regulations to carry out this sec11 tion, within guidelines provided by the Secretary of De12 fense.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

15 after the item relating to section 672 the following new 

16 item: 

‘‘673. Consideration of application for permanent change of station or unit 

transfer for members on active duty who are the victim of a 

sexual assault.’’. 

17 SEC. 8. TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR SEX18 UAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 

19 PROGRAM. 

20 Subtitle A of title XVI of the Ike Skelton National 

21 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public 

22 Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by add23 ing at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 1615. IMPROVED TRAINING AND EDUCATION PRO2 GRAMS. 

3 ‘‘(a) SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

4 TRAINING AND EDUCATION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULUM.—Not 

6 later than one year after the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act, the Secretary of each military depart8 ment shall develop a curriculum to provide sexual 

9 assault prevention and response training and edu10 cation for members of the Armed Forces under the 

11 jurisdiction of the Secretary and civilian employees 

12 of the military department to strengthen individual 

13 knowledge, skills, and capacity to prevent and re14 spond to sexual assault. In developing the cur15 riculum, the Secretary shall work with experts out16 side of the Department of Defense who are experts 

17 sexual assault prevention and response training. 

18 ‘‘(2) SCOPE OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION.— 

19 The sexual assault prevention and response training 

20 and education shall encompass initial entry and ac21 cession programs, annual refresher training, profes22 sional military education, peer education, and spe23 cialized leadership training. Training shall be tai24 lored for specific leadership levels and local area re25 quirements. 


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1 ‘‘(3) CONSISTENT TRAINING.—The Secretary of 

2 Defense shall ensure that the sexual assault preven3 tion and response training provided to members of 

4 the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civil5 ian employees is consistent throughout the military 

6 departments. 

7 ‘‘(b) INCLUSION IN PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDU8 CATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the 

9 inclusion of a sexual assault prevention and response 

10 training module at each level of professional military edu11 cation. The training shall be tailored to the new respon12 sibilities and leadership requirements of members of the 

13 Armed Forces as they are promoted. 

14 ‘‘(c) INCLUSION IN FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

16 shall direct that managers of specialty skills associ17 ated with first responders described in paragraph 

18 (2) integrate sexual assault response training in ini19 tial and recurring training courses. 

20 ‘‘(2) COVERED FIRST RESPONDERS.—First re21 sponders referred to in paragraph (1) include fire22 fighters, emergency medical technicians, law enforce23 ment officers, military criminal investigators, 


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1 healthcare personnel, judge advocates, and chap2 lains.’’. 

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